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This week we’re teaching Administrative Law and Advanced Legal Research, reminding you about resources to help you prepare for oral arguments, featuring resources on women and the law, continuing our celebration of Women’s History Month, and looking at this week’s US Supreme Court and Ohio Supreme Court oral arguments.

The Robert S. Marx Law Library Is Hiring an Instructional & Reference Services Librarian

The Robert S. Marx Law Library at the University of Cincinnati College of Law invites applications for the position of Instructional & Reference Services Librarian. As an integral part of the College of Law, the Library helps prepare law students for legal practice and supports faculty scholarship and teaching. The Instructional & Reference Services Librarian reports to the Associate Director of the Law Library. View more information at jobs.uc.edu #80923.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, Mar. 28, 2022

Advanced Legal Research

Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian, Shannon Kemen & Electronic Resources​  & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
1:30pm – 2:55pm
Room 100A

Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2022

Advocacy, Sec. 2

Associate Director Susan Boland
Introduction to Administrative Law
10:40am – 12:05pm
Room 302

Advanced Legal Research

Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian, Shannon Kemen & Electronic Resources​  & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
1:30pm – 2:55pm
Room 100A

Thursday, Mar. 31, 2022

Advocacy, Sec. 4

Associate Director Susan Boland
Introduction to Administrative Law
10:40am – 12:05pm
Room 100B

Oral Argument Help

As you get ready for oral arguments in your Advocacy class, be sure and check out the resources on our Oral Advocacy Guide and last week’s featured resources!

Featured Study Aids

Women and Law Stories

Available via the West Academic Study Aid subscription, this book examines landmark cases establishing women’s legal rights, offering accounts of the litigants, history, parties, strategies, and theoretical implications. It utilizes subject areas common to many women and law casebooks: history, constitutional law, reproductive freedom, the workplace, the family, and women in the legal profession. Several chapters explore issues of domestic violence and rape.

Understanding Employment Discrimination 

Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library, we’re highlighting this text for Women’s History month because it deals with the issues that women face in the wo9rkplace. This text covers the major sources of employment discrimination law, including the Constitution, the Civil Rights Acts, The equal Pay Act, and more. Although the scope and application of the Supreme Court’s recent watershed decisions remain to be worked out in the lower courts, this book’s discussion of these cases will provide the student and practitioner alike with a point-of-departure for following the development of the law in these areas.

Best Friends at the Bar: What Women Need to Know About a Career in the Law

Available via the Aspen Learning Library, this book addresses the realities of law firm practice, especially in large firms, and gives pre-law students, law students, and new attorneys a realistic view of the opportunities and challenges most often encountered by women lawyers. Drawing on her many years of practicing law and mentoring young lawyers and with the help of other women in all areas of the legal profession— her “best friends at the bar”— Susan Smith Blakely strives to help young women entering the legal profession begin their careers with open eyes and a more level playing field than women lawyers of past generations.

Featured Guide

Gender and Law

This guide provides a quick overview of general and law materials. It covers browsing for materials by call number range, using encyclopedias for background research and how to locate articles, textbooks, treatises, statutory law, administrative materials, agency publications, legislative histories and websites of interest. The guide can be used by students, faculty members, lawyers, and the general public.

Featured Treatise

The Common Law Inside the Female Body (e-Book)

Available on Cambridge Core,in The Common Law Inside the Female Body, Anita Bernstein explains why lawyers seeking gender progress from primary legal materials should start with the common law. Despite its reputation for supporting conservatism and inequality, today’s common law shares important commitments with feminism, namely in precepts and doctrines that strengthen the freedom of individuals and from there the struggle against the subjugation of women. By re-invigorating both the common law – with a focus on crimes, contracts, torts, and property – and feminist jurisprudence, this highly original work anticipates a vital future for a pair of venerable jurisprudential traditions. It should be read by anyone interested in understanding how the common law delivers an extraordinary degree of liberty and security to all persons – women included.

Featured Database

HeinOnline’s Women & Law

Available on HeinOnline, Women and the Law (Peggy) is a collection that brings together books, biographies, and periodicals dedicated to the role of women in society and the law. It provides a convenient platform for users to research the progression of women’s roles and rights in society over the past 200 years.

Featured Website

Women’s Legal History

The website is the home of a searchable database of articles and papers on pioneering women lawyers in the United States. Also located here are the Indexes and Bibliographic Notes for Barbara Babcock, “Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz.” (Stanford University Press, 2011).

Featured Video

The Urgency of Intersectionality

Now more than ever, it’s important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias — and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term “intersectionality” to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you’re standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you’re likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.

March Is Women’s History Month

Women carrying signs that say Can Until You Can't

The 2022 Women’s History theme is “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” According to the National Women’s History Alliance it “is both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and also a recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history.”

UC College of Law & Campus Events Celebrating Women’s History Month

All Month

UC Libraries Celebrates Women’s History Month

Women’s History Display at UCBA Library

Women’s History Month at the UCBA Library – For the month of March, the UCBA Library is featuring a multi-disciplinary selection of books highlighting the global contributions of women as part of Women’s History Month. These featured books are located on a table near the Library’s Information Desk.

UC Libraries Research Guide of resources in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies

UC Libraries Women of the Movement: Leaders for Civil Rights and Voting Rights – In celebration of Women’s History Month, revisit the exhibit Women of the Movement: Leaders for Civil Rights and Voting Rights, profiling leaders from Sojourner Truth to Marian Spencer. A bibliography of library resources to learn more is included.

UC Libraries Margaret Armstrong Exhibit – In celebration of Women’s History Month, visit this exhibit featuring the work of Margaret Armstrong, considered on of the most influential book cover designers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

UC Athletics Celebrates Women’s History Month

Throughout March, UC Athletics will celebrate with a month-long digital storytelling effort on GoBEARCATS.com and the Bearcats social platforms. Student-athletes from all sports will discuss the meaning and importance of this month through social posts and graphics.

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

6th Annual Black Feminist Symposium: Resignation as Resistance: Reclaiming Our Time

8:00am – 3:00pm
TUC
The University of Cincinnati and UC Women’s Center presents our 6th annual Black Feminist Symposium! The Black Feminist Symposium is dedicated to celebrating Black feminist scholarship and uplifting voices, forums, panels, and lectures that are led by students, staff, faculty, and community members. The Black Feminist Symposium works to unite Black feminist work being done at UC and in the greater Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky communities. This event is FREE and open to the public. Attendees are welcome to drop in, attend workshops, panels and presentations by UC students, faculty, and staff, listen to our incredible keynote speaker and other performers, and network throughout the day. Individuals of all races, gender identities, and backgrounds are welcome to attend. Registration is required.

Black Feminist Symposium Keynote Speaker: Tamara Winfrey-Harris

6:00pm – 7:00pm
TUC Great Hall
Tamara Winfrey-Harris is a writer who specializes in the ever-evolving space where current events, politics, and pop culture intersect with race and gender. She is the author of Dear Black Girl and The Sister Are Alright, both available for purchase in the UC Bookstore un TUC. Winfrey-Harris’ writing can be found in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Cosmopolitan, New York Magazine, and The Los Angeles Times. Ms. Winfrey-Harris will sign books following her talk. This event is FREE and open to the public. Registration is required.

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Trans Day of Visibility

This marks the 13th annual International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV). The day aims to celebrate the resilience and success of transgender people and raise awareness of trans+ rights.

Activism Lunch & Learn: Earth Activism

12:00pm – 1:00pm
Steger 571
Join the UC Women’s Center for our monthly Lunch and Learn – food, conversation, and connection! This is the third in our activism series, and we’ll talk about Intersectional Activism with Graduate Assistant and WGSS Master’s student Sakina Jarmon, plus others. Lunch provided from Chipotle (free, with inclusive dietary options). Event details on CampusLINK.

Latinx and Indigenous Women’s STEM History Trivia Night

4:00pm – 6:00pm
Swift 608
Join Cincy SACNAS and the UC Women’s Center as we have a fun game of Kahoot-style trivia focused on the history and contributions of notable Latinx and Indigenous women to STEM! Feel free to also come to learn about the missions of both Cincy SACNAS and the UC Women’s Center before the trivia night begins! Registration

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson: a Women’s History Month Film Screening

6:00pm – 8:30pm
TUC Cinema
Join the D&I Committee for a free screening of the 2017 Documentary, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson! The screening will be followed by a discussion. Snacks will be provided! Event RSVP

Friday, April 1, 2022

Our Stories: A Discussion With Afghan Women

3:00 – 5:00 pm
Room 114 or virtual
The Urban Morgan Institute and the International Law Society will host this panel of Afghan women discussing growing up in Afghanistan and the current situation facing women today.

5 More Resources to Learn More about Women’s History

This week we will continue our focus on research databases that are useful for learning more about women’s history.

Family & Society Studies Worldwide Database

The Family & Society Studies Worldwide Database (FSSWD) includes the discontinued Inventory of Marriage and Family (produced by the National Council on Family Relations), the Australian Family & Society Abstracts¸ the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, Health Canada and the U.S. Military Family Resource Center Documents Database. FSSWD includes nearly 600¸000 records representing professional journals, books, popular literature, conference papers, internet documents, government reports, videos, pamphlets and even unpublished material such as poster sessions and statistical documents. Subjects covered include: families and family therapy, marriage, gender roles, aging, divorce, minorities and demography. Many of the records are linked to full text.
Coverage: 1970 – present

Gender Studies Database

Gender Studies Database¸ produced by NISC, combines NISC’s popular Women’s Studies International and Men’s Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. This database includes more than 696¸750 records with coverage spanning from 1972 and earlier to present.
Coverage: 1972 – present

Sociological Collection

The database includes 615 full text titles covering all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.

Women’s Studies International

Women’s Studies International covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Nearly 800 essential sources include: journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, Web sites & Web documents, and grey literature. Women’s Studies International supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education. Coverage: 1972 – present

Women and Social Movements, International

Women and Social Movements, International is a landmark collection of primary materials. Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, reports of international women’s organizations, and publications and web pages of women’s non-governmental organizations, and letters, diaries, and memoirs of women active internationally since the mid-nineteenth century, this collection lets you see how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life. Supported by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center. Coverage:1840-present

This Week in the Law Library …

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This week we’re back from spring break and we are wishing everyone good luck on the MPRE, teaching Administrative Law and Advanced Legal Research, focusing on resources to help you prepare for oral arguments, continuing our celebration of Women’s History Month, and looking at this week’s US Supreme Court oral arguments.

The Robert S. Marx Law Library Is Hiring an Instructional & Reference Services Librarian

The Robert S. Marx Law Library at the University of Cincinnati College of Law invites applications for the position of Instructional & Reference Services Librarian. As an integral part of the College of Law, the Library helps prepare law students for legal practice and supports faculty scholarship and teaching. The Instructional & Reference Services Librarian reports to the Associate Director of the Law Library. View more information at jobs.uc.edu #80923.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, Mar. 21, 2022

Advanced Legal Research

Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian, Shannon Kemen & Electronic Resources​  & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
1:30pm – 2:55pm
Room 100A

Tuesday, Mar. 22, 2022

Advocacy, section 1

Associate Dean of Library Services, Michael Whiteman
Administrative Law
1:30pm – 2:55pm
Room 204

Advocacy, section 5

Electronic Resources​  & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
Advanced Searching
3:05pm – 4:30pm
Room 104

Wednesday, Mar. 23, 2022

Advanced Legal Research

Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian, Shannon Kemen & Electronic Resources​  & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
1:30pm – 2:55pm
Room 100A

Featured Study Aids

Successfully Competing in U. S. Moot Court Competitions

Available via the West Academic Study Aid subscription, this book is designed to help students prepare for team selection competitions as well as students who will be competing at U.S. moot court competitions. It includes advice on a range of issues–from selecting a partner to keeping the competition in perspective after it is over. It includes advice based on interviews with successful moot court coaches from several law schools.

Finding Your Voice in Law School

Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library, this book demystifies the law school experience by giving concrete guidance on answering questions in class, mock trials and moot courts, what to say during a job interview, and how to interact with professors and legal professionals.

Mastering Appellate Advocacy and Process

Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library, this book covers legal analysis, drafting, and advocacy techniques used in preparing appellate briefs, as well as oral advocacy techniques in a discussion that is useful to novices and old hands. The book also includes a chapter devoted to that particular law school exercise known as moot court, identifying how typical moot court competitions are like, and unlike, real world appellate practice.

Featured Guide

Oral Advocacy

This guide is designed to provide you with resources to help you with oral arguments in your Advocacy class or Moot Court.

Featured Treatise

Art of Advocacy: Appeals

Available on Lexis, Art of Advocacy: Appeals offers step-by-step practical analysis of written and oral arguments, with expert advice on preparation and presentation. Included are sample written briefs and oral arguments in products liability cases, medical malpractice cases, and wrongful death actions. Arguments are compared, do’s and don’ts are highlighted, and checklists are provided.

Featured Website

Oyez

Oyez (pronounced OH-yay)—a free law project from Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII), Justia, and Chicago-Kent College of Law—is a multimedia archive devoted to making the Supreme Court of the United States accessible to everyone. It is the most complete and authoritative source for all of the Court’s audio since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. Oyez offers transcript-synchronized and searchable audio, plain-English case summaries, illustrated decision information, and full-text Supreme Court opinions (through Justia). Oyez also provides detailed information on every justice throughout the Court’s history and offers a panoramic tour of the Supreme Court building, including the chambers of several justices.

Featured Video

How to win an argument (at the US Supreme Court, or anywhere) — Neal Katyal

The secret to winning an argument isn’t grand rhetoric or elegant style, says US Supreme Court litigator Neal Katyal — it takes more than that. With stories of some of the most impactful cases he’s argued before the Court, Katyal shows why the key to crafting a persuasive and successful argument lies in human connection, empathy and faith in the power of your ideas.

Week of Healing & Reconciliation Events

Monday, March 21, 2022

Racial Healing Circles, 12:30 – 2:00 pm, various rooms. Join UC’s Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) in facilitated racial healing circles. These circles are designed to create space for healing the harm caused by the matrices of oppression, including systemic racism and racial injustice. Facilitators will guide participants through sharing personal truths to spark the healing process. Sign up

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

A Dialogue on Allyship, 12:15 – 1:15 pm, Room 100B. Join the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and the Jones Center for a discussion on allyship. Participants will grapple with questions such as “What does it mean to be an ally? Why are allies important? How can someone be a better ally?”

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Student Town Hall, 12:15 – 1:15 pm, Room 104. Join SLEC and SBA for a student organized and student led Town Hall discussion. This Town Hall is an opportunity for student voices to be heard regarding the current state of the law school and for students to share ideas of what they’d envision form the law school’s future.

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Coffee Corner with Melvin J. Gravely, II: 12:15 – 1:15 pm, 3rd Floor Crow’s Nest. These Jones Center events allow a unique opportunity for our law students to have casual conversations on a range of social justice topics. As part of the Week of Reconciliation, at this Coffee Corner we will be joined by Melvin J. Gravely, II, CEO and Chairman of the Board of TriVersity Construction, and author of Dear White Friend: The Realities of Race, the Power of Relationships and Our Path to Equity.

Friday, March 25, 2022

Corporate Law Symposium: Moving Beyond Race and “Diversity” in Race and Business Law, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, virtual. This Symposium confronts how the discourse around race and business law can move beyond diversity, and will bring scholars, practitioners, and business leaders together to discuss impediments and pathways to racial equity in business law. This event marks the first collaboration between the Corporate Law Center and the Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice.

March Is Women’s History Month

Women carrying signs that say Can Until You Can't

The 2022 Women’s History theme is “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” According to the National Women’s History Alliance it “is both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and also a recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history.”

UC College of Law & Campus Events Celebrating Women’s History Month

All Month

UC Libraries Celebrates Women’s History Month

Women’s History Display at UCBA Library

Women’s History Month at the UCBA Library – For the month of March, the UCBA Library is featuring a multi-disciplinary selection of books highlighting the global contributions of women as part of Women’s History Month. These featured books are located on a table near the Library’s Information Desk.

UC Libraries Research Guide of resources in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies

UC Libraries Women of the Movement: Leaders for Civil Rights and Voting Rights – In celebration of Women’s History Month, revisit the exhibit Women of the Movement: Leaders for Civil Rights and Voting Rights, profiling leaders from Sojourner Truth to Marian Spencer. A bibliography of library resources to learn more is included.

UC Athletics Celebrates Women’s History Month

Throughout March, UC Athletics will celebrate with a month-long digital storytelling effort on GoBEARCATS.com and the Bearcats social platforms. Student-athletes from all sports will discuss the meaning and importance of this month through social posts and graphics.

5 More Resources to Learn More about Women’s History

In previous weeks we have focused on women in the legal profession and media resources on women’s history. This week we will focus on research databases that are useful for learning more about women’s history.

Gerritsen Collection

The Gerritsen Collection is an international digital library that spans four centuries and documents the lives and experiences of women in public and private arenas. The database contains 265 periodicals and 4¸471 monographs published from 1543-1945 in fifteen different languages.

GenderWatch

Gender Watch is a full-text collection of journals¸ magazines¸ newsletters¸ regional publications¸ books¸ booklets and pamphlets¸ conference proceedings and governmental n-g-o and special reports devoted to women’s and gender issues. Contains materials dating back to the 1970’s. Incorporated the publication Women “R.

HeinOnline’s Women & Law

Women and the Law (Peggy) is a collection that brings together books, biographies, and periodicals dedicated to the role of women in society and the law. It provides a convenient platform for users to research the progression of women’s roles and rights in society over the past 200 years.

Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts

Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (SWA) is an international abstracting service designed to meet the information needs of all those working¸ teaching¸ studying or researching into any of the main areas of women’s studies. Each issue of Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (SWA) gives the reader up-to-date news of developments within this field. All the major international journals and books are scanned and other original sources and cataloguing services regularly searched for appropriate items. Abstracts are prepared by an international team of experts¸ are non-evaluative in form and are accompanied by detailed bibliographical citations. The database comprises abstracts from the journal¸ dating back to 1995. Abstracts are linked¸ where possible¸ to full-text services. Coverage: 1995 – Present

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000, Scholar’s Edition

Women and Social Movements in the United States is a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women’s history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, this collection seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding about U.S. history generally at the same time that it makes the insights of women’s history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools. The collection currently includes 98 document projects and archives with more than 3,850 documents and 150,000 pages of additional full-text documents, and more than 2,100 primary authors. It also includes book, film, and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools. Supported by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center. Coverage: 1600-2000

 

March Arguments at the United States Supreme Court

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From SCOTUS Blog:

Monday, March 21, 2022

Morgan v. Sundance Inc. – whether the arbitration-specific requirement that the proponent of a contractual waiver defense prove prejudice violates the Supreme Court’s instruction in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion that lower courts must “place arbitration agreements on an equal footing with other contracts.”

Berger v. N.C. State Conf. of the NAACP – whether (1) a state agent authorized by state law to defend the state’s interest in litigation must overcome a presumption of adequate representation to intervene as of right in a case in which a state official is a defendant; (2) a district court’s determination of adequate representation in ruling on a motion to intervene as of right is reviewed de novo or for abuse of discretion; and (3) petitioners Philip Berger, the president pro tempore of the state senate, and Timothy Moore, the speaker of the state house of representatives, are entitled to intervene as of right in this litigation.

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Golan v. Saada– whether upon finding that return to the country of habitual residence places a child at grave risk, a district court is required to consider ameliorative measures that would facilitate the return of the child notwithstanding the grave risk finding.

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

ZF Auto. US Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. – whether 8 U.S.C. § 1782(a), which permits litigants to invoke the authority of United States courts to render assistance in gathering evidence for use in “a foreign or international tribunal,” encompasses private commercial arbitral tribunals, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 4th and 6th Circuits have held, or excludes such tribunals, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 5th and 7th Circuits have held.

This Week in the Law Library …

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This week it’s spring break in the Law Library and we are focusing on resources to help you prepare for the MPRE and continuing our celebration of Women’s History Month.

The Robert S. Marx Law Library Is Hiring an Instructional & Reference Services Librarian

The Robert S. Marx Law Library at the University of Cincinnati College of Law invites applications for the position of Instructional & Reference Services Librarian. As an integral part of the College of Law, the Library helps prepare law students for legal practice and supports faculty scholarship and teaching. The Instructional & Reference Services Librarian reports to the Associate Director of the Law Library. View more information at jobs.uc.edu #80923.

Featured Study Aids

Acing Professional Responsibility

Available via the West Academic Study Aid subscription, Acing Professional Responsibility provides a dual benefit to law students who, to become licensed lawyers, have to pass both a law school exam in a Legal Ethics course as well as the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE). To prepare for the law school examination, there are pages of text, numerous outlines, bullet points, sample essay questions and answers, and mini-checklists to learn the basics and fine points of Professional Responsibility. The Acing book also enables students to quickly recall and pass the MPRE.

Examples & Explanations Professional Responsibility

Available via the Aspen Learning Library, this text covers the whole field of professional responsibility, focusing not only on the ABA Model Rules, but on the often-complex relationship between the rules and doctrines of agency, tort, contract, evidence, and constitutional law. Beginning with the formation of the attorney-client relationship, the book proceeds through topics including attorneys’ fees, malpractice and ineffective assistance of counsel, confidentiality and privilege rules, conflicts of interest, witness perjury and litigation misconduct, advertising and solicitation, admission to practice, and the organization of the legal profession. Coverage includes all subjects that are tested on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE), including: A chapter on judicial ethics, a subject tested on the MPRE and not often covered thoroughly, if at all, in law school professional responsibility courses. Updated discussion and examples based on recent developments in the law, including the ABA’s simplification of the rules on advertising and solicitation, new Model Rule 8.4(g) on discrimination in the practice of law, the California Supreme Court’s Sheppard Mullin opinion on advance waivers of conflicts, and continuing developments in the impact of technology on the practice of law. A series of problems at the end of each section or chapter assist you in testing your understanding. Answers are provided for these problems.

Questions and Answers: Professional Responsibility

Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library, Q&A books consist of multiple choice and short answer questions with detailed explanations of the answers. This study guide includes 160 multiple-choice and short-answer questions arranged topically for ease of use during the semester, plus an additional set of 48 questions comprising a comprehensive “practice exam.”

Featured Guide

Bar Exam Resources: MPRE

The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) is a 60-question, two-hour-and-five-minute, multiple-choice examination administered three times each year. It is required for admission to the bars of all but four U.S. jurisdictions (Ohio is a jurisdiction that requires it). This guide provides you with Law Library resources that will help you prepare for the MPRE.

Featured Treatise

ABA Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Available on Westlaw, The Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct is the ABA’s definitive single-volume resource for information about how courts, disciplinary bodies, and ethics committees apply the lawyer ethics rules.

Featured Database

ABA/Bloomberg Law Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct

Available on Bloomberg Law, the Lawyers’ Manual’s mission is to provide authoritative guidance on professional responsibility law and malpractice to all practitioners. The publication offers over 130 chapters of in-depth analysis; full text of ABA ethics opinions, Model Rules, and Standards; summaries of ethics opinions issued by more than 60 state and local jurisdictions; and a current developments component providing the latest news and analysis of issues in the field of legal ethics.

Featured Website

You, Me, and the MPRE

A series of posts by Scot Goins, Director of Academic Achievement and Bar Success at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. After this introductory post, Part 1, reviews what the MPRE is and what score is required for your jurisdiction. Part 2, breaksdown the different areas of professional responsibility that are tested on the exam, in order to help you understand where to spend the majority of your study time. Part 3 discusses resources for your MPRE preparation, including free MPRE courses. Finally, Part 4 reviews an appropriate timeline and review strategies for your studies (although individuals vary a great deal, so you may have to adjust your timeline according to your own progress).

Featured Video

Ethics Research Part III: Rules & Opinions

This video illustrates how to find ethics rules and opinions in a variety of sources. It is 4:56 minutes long and is closed captioned and features a table of contents.

March Is Women’s History Month

Women carrying signs that say Can Until You Can't

The 2022 Women’s History theme is “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” According to the National Women’s History Alliance it “is both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and also a recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history.”

UC College of Law & Campus Events Celebrating Women’s History Month

All Month

UC Libraries Celebrates Women’s History Month

Women’s History Display at UCBA Library

Women’s History Month at the UCBA Library – For the month of March, the UCBA Library is featuring a multi-disciplinary selection of books highlighting the global contributions of women as part of Women’s History Month. These featured books are located on a table near the Library’s Information Desk.

UC Libraries Research Guide of resources in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies

UC Athletics Celebrates Women’s History Month

Throughout March, UC Athletics will celebrate with a month-long digital storytelling effort on GoBEARCATS.com and the Bearcats social platforms. Student-athletes from all sports will discuss the meaning and importance of this month through social posts and graphics.

5 More Resources to Learn More about Women’s History

In previous weeks we have focused on women in the legal profession. This week we will focus on more general media resources on women’s history.

Documentaries – Women & Society

Available through the UC Libraries’ Kanopy subscription, view 22 films on women and society.

Films on Demand, Women’s History Month

Available through the UC Libraries’ Films on Demand subscription, view a curated list of films on women and history.

Beatrice Alvarez, What to Watch: Women’s History Month 2022, PBS (Mar. 1 , 2022)

Celebrate Women’s History Month this year by exploring pivotal points in American history and learning more about women who fought for progress. Watch films on a range of topics: from the influence of Haudenosaunee matriarchs on early suffragists to a woman’s experience of war.

Story Corps, Voices to Celebrate Women’s History Month 2022 (Feb. 16, 2022)

Listen to the stories posted here to hear the voices and memories of women who have loved hard, worked hard, broken down barriers, and left long-lasting legacies for generations of women and girls to come.

Women’s Rights Video, Films, and Slides via UCLID

Films, videos, and media on women’s rights available through the online catalog from a variety of different sources.

Wellness Week Resources

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While the University of Cincinnati’s Wellness Week may be ending, wellness is a twenty-four seven, year round endeavor. Below are a selection of resources that can help you throughout the year. For more resources, visit our Resiliency & Wellness for Law Students & Lawyers Guide.

College of Law Resources

Law Student Wellness, Law Student Intranet

The Law Student Wellness page within the Law Student Intranet provides a wealth of wellness resources that are available on-campus and beyond.

Wellness at Cincinnati Law Facebook Group

This Facebook group promotes wellness and self-care at UC Law for students, faculty and staff. They regularly share wellness programming as well as tips and UC campus resources.

UC Law Health & Wellness

Cincinnati Law takes the health and wellness of our students and their families seriously. You can browse this page for a number of resources available to UC students.

University of Cincinnati Resources

UC Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) 

Students and members of the UC community who are concerned about students have access to mental health crisis care and consultation 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Let’s Talk With CAPS

This service is available for all UC students who may not need traditional counseling, but could still benefit from one-on-one support. Let’s Talk is a free, 100% confidential conversation where you can ask questions, learn about mental health resources, and get support from a UC CAPS therapist. Book an appointment.

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Support Groups

By engaging in group therapy, students can expect improved overall well-being and connection with others. Groups are free and confidential for all UC enrolled students. Talk to a clinician and ask about group counseling programs to get connected and learn more. A pre-group appointment with the facilitator(s) is needed before attending an online group.

Understanding Self and Others

Want to learn more about yourself, how to interact with others, and try new ways of relating? This group provides the opportunity for diverse group members to meet their goals by providing and receiving honest feedback. Topics vary from week to week depending on group members’ needs. There are undergraduate, graduate, graduate BIPOC, and undergraduate BIPOC sections.

Survivor Pride

This gender-inclusive therapy group is for all survivors of sexual and/or relationship violence. Survivor Pride provides a safe and empowering space for group members to process past experiences, connect with other survivors, and better understand the impact of sexual and/or relationship violence.

Anxiety Management Workshop

A four-week workshop focused on increasing the understanding of how anxiety shows up in your life and what you can do to better cope and manage.

CARE Team

The CARE Team responds to reports about students experiencing difficulties or whose behavior is raising concerns within the University community. The team’s responsibilities include gathering and sharing information, discerning concerns about a student within a setting or across multiple settings, and managing situations that encompass a variety of issues. The committee is charged to devise a coordinated plan for assessment, intervention, and management of the concerns for the students well-being and that of the University community.

UC College of Medicine Center for Integrative Health and Wellness

The Center’s mission is to improve the health of our local and global community through innovative, internationally-recognized research, education, clinical practice, and community engagement efforts focused on integrative health and wellness. The Center offers many programs and resources.

Safe Apartment Program

The Dean of Students utilizes one room within a residence hall to offer as a safe apartment for students who are in crisis and in need of emergency housing. The safe apartment is in a very confidential location. The Dean of Students in partnership with Residence Education and Development offers this living environment on a short-term basis for students who are at risk or perceived risk of harm if they stay in their current housing situation or are currently without a place to stay due to a victimization.

UC Student Wellness Center

The UC Student Wellness Center located in 675 Steger Student Life Center is open M – F 9:00am – 5:00pm and empowers students to make informed decisions regarding their health and wellness by providing evidence-based education, inclusive resources, and non-judgmental support. They offer an extensive collection of resources, information and workshops about various health and wellness topics including sexual health, drugs and alcohol, financial wellness, relationships and more.

Peer to Peer Programs

The University of Cincinnati in collaboration with CAPS and Student Wellness has a variety of peer to peer based support options on campus.

Bearcats Support Network

Bearcats Support Network is a community of students that fundamentally work to destigmatize mental health while holistically working to create a network that is supportive, loving, and inclusive through peer-to-peer support groups and social events.

Bearcats Recovery Community

The Bearcats Recovery Community is a program designed to support UC students in or seeking recovery from alcohol, drugs and other addictions. The BRC and its programs allow students to have an authentic college experience at UC while maintaining their recovery.

Bar Organization Resources

ABA Mental Health Resources

Explore resources on well being, lawyer assistance programs, and more.

ABA Resources for Law Students and Law Schools

Wellness Community – Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA)

The wellness board’s mission is to support the legal community by promoting mental, physical, and emotional wellness initiatives for the advancement of quality of life, competent representation, and the administration of justice. In addition to providing articles, wellness tips, and hosting wellness events, this platform provides a way for OSBA members who are interested in wellness to connect with one another.

Cincinnati Bar Association Health and Well Being Committee

The mission of this committee, created in 2012, is to promote attorney well-being by providing education, peer-to-peer support and resources to attorneys and law students in the areas of mental health, emotional balance, stress management (including physical manifestations of stress) and addiction.

Selected Useful Apps

Reach Out

The Reach Out – University of Cincinnati App is a free app available for smart phones that provides a wealth of information for the UC community.
This new app includes information regarding available resources under a “Help Me” menu, tips on how to talk with others about mental health under a “Help a friend” menu, and contact information for crisis services under “Emergency Contacts.”

Tao App (Therapy Assistance Online)

Recommended by CAPS, TAO is an interactive, web-based self-help program that provides online and mobile tools to help you overcome the day to day challenges around stessors like anxiety, depression, or other concerns.

Headspace

Recommended by the Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, Headspace is meditation made simple. They teach you the meditation and mindfulness in just a few minutes a day.

Calm

Recommended by the Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, an app for sleep, meditation, and relaxation.

Insight Timer

Recommended by the Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, an app for sleep, anxiety and stress.

Simple Habit

Recommended by the Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, Simple Habit offers more than 2,000 guided meditations for any situation and mood — including before sleep, taking a work break, commuting, and more.

This Week in the Law Library …

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This week in the Law Library we are publicizing our job posting for Instructional & Reference Services Librarian; teaching Advanced Legal Research; focusing on wellness resources; celebrating Wellness Week; and continuing our celebration of Women’s History Month. We’re also previewing Ohio Supreme Court oral arguments.

The Robert S. Marx Law Library Is Hiring an Instructional & Reference Services Librarian

The Robert S. Marx Law Library at the University of Cincinnati College of Law invites applications for the position of Instructional & Reference Services Librarian. As an integral part of the College of Law, the Library helps prepare law students for legal practice and supports faculty scholarship and teaching. The Instructional & Reference Services Librarian reports to the Associate Director of the Law Library. View more information at jobs.uc.edu #80923.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, Mar. 7, 2022

Advanced Legal Research

Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian, Shannon Kemen & Electronic Resources​  & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
1:30pm – 2:55pm
Room 100A

Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2022

Advanced Legal Research

Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian, Shannon Kemen & Electronic Resources​  & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
1:30pm – 2:55pm
Room 100A

Featured Study Aids

Best Friends at the Bar: What Women Need to Know About a Career in the Law 

Available via the Aspen Learning Library, this text addresses the realities of law firm practice, especially in large firms, and gives pre-law students, law students, and new attorneys a realistic view of the opportunities and challenges most often encountered by women lawyers. It critically addresses business, cultural, and personal conditions and offers strategies for dealing with them, including how to manage expectations in the context of actual job conditions and the dynamics of personal/professional life struggles.

The Legal Career: Knowing the Business, Thriving in Practice 

Available via the West Academic Study Aid subscription, this book features chapters on the structure and business of a law firm; the corporate law department; the emergence of law companies; legal technology; access to justice; employment and diversity in the legal profession; lawyer well-being; and legal education reform. Students will learn from detailed, insightful interviews of people working in law.

The Zen of Law School Success

Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library, The Zen of Law School Success offers a comprehensive approach to succeeding in law school. Zen is about simplicity, balance, knowing your universe, knowing yourself, and staying focused on the path to enlightenment. Like the Zen path to enlightenment, law school success is about balance (between studying and other aspects of life, as well as balancing your study time between subjects, outlining, etc.), knowing your universe (knowing not only the subject matter tested, but knowing how the questions are constructed, knowing what to look for, etc.), knowing yourself (what type of essay writer you are, what type of learner you are, what type of exam taker you are, etc.), and staying focused on your path (when to study, what to do when you are stressed out, what to do when you don¿t know a subject very well, etc.). In addition to offering a comprehensive approach to succeeding in law school, the book also offers practical advice for doing well during the classroom Socratic method, navigating the law school environment, managing law school stress, and getting a job after graduation.

Featured Guide

Resiliency & Wellness for Law Students & Lawyers

Law school and the legal profession can be stressful! This guide will provide resources to help you through the tough times.

Featured Treatise

Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Legal Profession (e-book)

Legal professionals are thought to have higher levels of mental health issues and lower levels of well-being than the general population. Drawing on qualitative data from new research with legal practitioners, this in-depth study of mental health and well-being is a timely contribution to the urgent international debate on these issues. The authors present a comprehensive discussion of the cultural, structural and other causes of legal professionals’ compromised well-being. They explore the everyday demands and difficulties of the legal working environment and consider the impacts on individuals, the legal profession and wider society.

Featured Database

Bloomberg Law: Health In Focus Lawyer Well-Being

Available on Bloomberg Law, includes documents from Bloomberg Law’s Practical Guidance collection that relate to managing employee rights and needs, including the needs of lawyers seeking assistance with well-being. After two 2016 studies set off alarm bells on the mental health of the legal profession, a small group of lawyers formed a national task force and started a movement to improve the health and well-being of the legal profession. As a result of this movement, there is an increasing amount of resources available for law students, lawyers, and judges who want help dealing with issues ranging from ways to cope with stress to substance use disorders.

Featured Website

Institute for Well-Being In Law

In August 2017, the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being published a comprehensive report titled The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change. The release of the report resulted in a national movement among stakeholders in the legal profession to take action to improve well-being. In December 2020, the Institute for Well-Being in Law (IWIL) was formed to carry on the movement launched by the National Task Force. IWIL is dedicated to the betterment of the legal profession by focusing on a holistic approach to well-being. Through advocacy, research, education, technical and resource support, and stakeholders’ partnerships, it is driven to lead a culture shift in law to establish health and well-being as core centerpieces of professional success.

Featured Videos

Lawyer Well-Being YouTube Channel

Anne Brafford (www.aspire.legal) created the Lawyer Well-Being Channel to support Lawyer Well-Being Week, which is an annual event for which Anne led the launch in 2020. The week is dedicated to heightened attention to the well-being needs of lawyers and to the growing “lawyer well-being movement.” While Lawyer Well-Being Week lasts only a handful of days each year, resources will be available year-round to aid lawyers and their support teams in their efforts to boost health and happiness.

Wellness Week

wellnessweekevents

March 7-11, 2022 is Wellness Week at UC Law! Follow the UC Law Student Affairs Twitter page and join the College Wellness Facebook group page for regular posts on wellness events and self-care. Share your well-being activities with #LawStudentWellness, #ABAMentalHealth, and #BeWellUCLaw.

Visit the Law Library’s Wellness Week Display

Marx Law Library Wellness Week Display

UC Law & Campus Wellness Events

Monday March 7, 2022

Coffee & Conversation: Taking Care of YOU

8:30 a.m.
1st Floor Cafeteria
Come enjoy some coffee or tea and mingle with your fellow students. While supplies last. A Wellness Week event, sponsored by UC Law Student Affairs.

Free HIV Testing

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
TUC 405
The Student Wellness Center partners with Caracole, the region’s nonprofit AIDS Service Organization to provide free, confidential HIV testing. Walk-in, complete a finger prick rapid test, and receive your results in 20 minutes!

Safe Spring Break: Body Positivity

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
TUC Mainstreet
Stop by the Student Wellness Center table on MainStreet to pick up a body positivity affirmation and write one for another student. Miniature free mirrors will also be given out!

Bearcat Support Network

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

This is a weekly peer-led support group! For more information and location link please fill out the google form and sign up for a group. More information.

Yoga Mondays

6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Student Wellness Center
Starting February 7th, the Student Wellness Center will be hosting a free yoga class every Monday. The class is free and will be taught by a registered yoga instructor. RSVP as spots are limited to 10 per class due to COVID-19 protocols. Come join us for a restorative flow to make your week better!

Bearcats Recovery Community Meetings

7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Online
Bearcat Recovery Community meetings are a place for students who are in recovery or seeking recovery from alcohol, drugs, and other addictions to share their experiences. All meetings are held on Monday nights from 7 pm-8 pm.

Tuesday March 8, 2022

15 Minute Guided Meditation

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Student Wellness Center
A quick 15 minute guided meditation session. RSVP

15 Minute Guided Meditation

1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Student Wellness Center
A quick 15 minute guided meditation session. RSVP

15 Minute Guided Meditation

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Student Wellness Center
A quick 15 minute guided meditation session. RSVP

Self-Care Tuesdays – Meditation & Journaling

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
480 Steger Student Life Center
The Student Wellness Center and Women Helping Women on-campus Advocates will be hosting self-care nights every Tuesday in March (1st, 8th, 22nd, 29th). Each day has a different theme. RSVP

Wednesday March 9, 2022

Student Wellness Center Open House

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Student Wellness Center
Hear from UC’s first lady, Jennifer Pinto, and other student speakers to highlight the new Wellness Center space! RSVP

Stress Busting Table

12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Stop by the 1st Floor Wellness Wall Table to learn more about stress busting and enter a raffle to win a wellness basket ($50 value)! Get an extra entry by attending the Jones Center Urgent Conversations event.

Jones Center Urgent Conversations: Putting Your Mask on First: Supporting Wellness in the Midst of COVID-19 and Injustice

7:00 p.m.
Zoom. See the Law Student Intranet for Zoom link.
Pre-readings are on Canvas

Thursday March 10, 2022

Free Movie with SBA: Dark Waters

7:00 p.m.
Esquire Theater
Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney (Ruffalo) uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world’s largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything – his future, his family, and his own life – to expose the truth.

Friday March 11, 2022

Coloring With the Wellness Center

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Student Wellness Center
The Student Wellness Center invites you to stop by, do some coloring, and de-stress. RSVP

Let’s Talk Virtual Counseling with Dr. Shane Gibbons of CAPS

3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (UC Law’s designated time)

View Wellness Resources

Resiliency & Wellness for Law Students & Lawyers — Robert S. Marx Law Library guide

Wellness Week Law Student Intranet (requires UC authentication)

UC Student Wellness Center

ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs Mental Health Awareness Resources

March Is Women’s History Month

Women carrying signs that say Can Until You Can't

The 2022 Women’s History theme is “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” According to the National Women’s History Alliance it “is both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and also a recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history.”

Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women’s History Month. Since 1995, Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.”

UC College of Law & Campus Events Celebrating Women’s History Month

All Month

UC Libraries Celebrates Women’s History Month

Women’s History Display at UCBA Library

Women’s History Month at the UCBA Library – For the month of March, the UCBA Library is featuring a multi-disciplinary selection of books highlighting the global contributions of women as part of Women’s History Month. These featured books are located on a table near the Library’s Information Desk.

UC Athletics Celebrates Women’s History Month

Throughout March, UC Athletics will celebrate with a month-long digital storytelling effort on GoBEARCATS.com and the Bearcats social platforms. Student-athletes from all sports will discuss the meaning and importance of this month through social posts and graphics.

Monday, March 7, 2022

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
TUC 405
Do you know our status? Take charge of your health! Come by TUC 405 on Monday for free HIV testing in honor of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day this week. We can #StopHIVTogether.

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

International Women’s Day With UC Law Women

12:15 p.m.
Room 100B
Jenny Brady, the former executive director and current advisor of SOTENI International, will speak about HIV and sub-Saharan African women being more than their status.

“We Are Lady Parts” Screenings & Discussion (Part 1)

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location TBA
This International Women’s Day, join the LGBTQ Center, UC Women’s Center, and UC International for two screenings of the Peacock original series “We Are Lady Parts.” The British sitcom follows a punk rock band of diverse Muslim women as they search for a lead singer and get a proper gig. Both days, enjoy free snacks, watch 3 short episodes, and stay for a rich discussion!

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Recognizing & Responding to Microaggressions: Tools and Strategies for Women and Their Allies

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Zoom
Join the UC Women’s Center, the Faculty Enrichment Center, and HERS for this virtual training and discussion geared toward professional women and their allies in the workplace. Microaggressions are frequently thinly veiled everyday instances of sexism, racism, homophobia (and more) that can have a long-lasting impact on their recipients. Learn how to navigate these everyday, subtle, and often unintentional interactions or behaviors that communicate bias toward historically marginalized groups. Open to all UC faculty and staff or any gender. Log on for training #112516 OneStop.

5 More Resources to Learn More about Women’s History

This week’s resources will focus on webinars and oral histories.

ABA Women Trailblazers Project

The Women Trailblazers in the Law Project (WTP) captures the oral histories of women pioneers in the legal profession nationwide, memorializing their stories in their own voices and preserving their experiences and observations for future generations. Stanford Law School’s Robert Crown Law Library agreed to digitize and ingest the WTP collection into Stanford’s institutional repository and to create this site to host and promote it.

The Financial Future is Female: Women Lawyers & Wealth Creation

This four-webinar series is intended to educate women lawyers on wealth creation and management and empower them with their money. Recordings of the webinars, PowerPoint slides, and additional resources are available on this page. (These webinars and resources are intended for educational and informational purposes only).

Empowering Your Own Financial Future: An Overview

At any stage in your career, you can begin to focus on creating your own wealth and apply practical methods in setting your own path. Not everyone’s path is the same, and a panel of three women lawyers from different demographics and career stages share their experience with wealth creation and the barriers they may have faced.

Young Lawyers: A Deep Dive on Debt, Health, and Wealth

This webinar is intended to empower young lawyers early in their career to take control of their finances, and have the knowledge to overcome the barriers facing them as they create long term financial health and wealth. It focuses on helping young lawyers implement strategies to manage debt and create long term financial health and wealth.

The Workplace Caregiver Challenge and Its Impact on Wealth

This webinar is intended to empower lawyers in any stage of their career where they find themselves needed to take care of a loved one and provide them with the knowledge to better navigate the responsibilities of caregiving. It focuses on challenges that face caregivers as they try to balance caregiving and work and provide guidance on how to navigate this responsibility.

The Six Pillars of Financial Wellness

As 2022 started with New Year’s resolutions about money and personal finance, this webinar provides a holistic approach to the six pillars of financial wellness, including why it is crucial to financially plan ahead for caregiving and methods on how to do it. This webinar is intended to provide lawyers in any stage of their career with practical resources and advice to be better equipped to plan for their financial future.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Women in the Legal World, Aspen Institute (2017)

Justice Ginsburg describes discrimination against women in the legal profession.

International Women’s Day 2022: Ending Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the World of Work

Gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) is defined as violence and harassment directed at people because of their sex or gender. Rooted in discriminatory gender norms, institutions and laws, and buttressed by a lack of accountability for perpetrators, GBVH occurs in all societies as a means of control, subjugation and exploitation that reflects and reinforces gender inequality. Buoyed by the resurgence of the #MeToo movement in late 2017, and with the support of ABA policy adopted in 2018 in June 2019, the International Labor Organization adopted Convention 190 and Recommendation 206 concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work, including gender-based violence and harassment. International Labor Convention 190 is the first binding international labor standard to comprehensively address these abuses in the workplace. The Convention and the Recommendation take a feminist and gender-responsive approach, recognizing that women and other workers experiencing multiple forms of exclusion and discrimination are facing the highest rates of violence and harassment and need to be centered in the employer policies and national laws drafted to eliminate it.

In recognition of International Women’s Day, join this webinar focused on this new global labor standard and how it can be used to bolster efforts by the U.S. government, employers, and workers’ organizations to prevent and address GBVH in the world of work.

Women’s History Month: Female Justices Proof of Social Change, Ohio Channel (2019)

The Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center is full of history. There are a lot of portraits and sculptures of famous faces, such as George Washington and the seven Ohioans who became U.S. presidents. In most of these images, there’s a notable element missing – women. In total, only 12 of the 161 justices have been women but in the last 30 years, more females have served the state’s high court than males.

March Oral Arguments at the Ohio Supreme Court

You can view the live stream of oral arguments on the Court’s website or see them after the arguments take place in the Ohio Channel archives.

Ohio Supreme Court Chamber

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

State v. Drain – This is a death penalty case with sixteen legal issues that fall under the categories of whether the death sentence imposed on Drain was a violation of defendant’s US Constitutional and Ohio Constitutional rights; whether the right to effective assistance of counsel was violated; whether prosecutorial misconduct violated the defendant’s US and Ohio Constitutional rights; whether the trial court violated the defendant’s US and Ohio Constitutional rights; whether Ohio’s death penalty statute violates the US Constituion; whether execution by lethal injection as administered by the State of Ohio violates defendant’s US and Ohio Constitutional rights; whether the cumulative effect of trial error resulted in violations of the defendant’s US and Ohio Constitutional rights. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

State v. Blanton – (1) whether the doctrine of res judicata bars a criminal defendant from raising a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel for the first time in a post-conviction proceeding if the claim could have been raised on direct appeal; and (2) whether res judicata applies to claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel if additional evidence must be presented in court to meaningfully explain how the original trial lawyer was ineffective. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

Michael v. Miller – whether an equitable lien imposed by a trial court takes precedence over an express lien secured using the Uniform Commercial Code. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Walling v. Brenya – whether a negligence claim against a hospital for granting privileges to a doctor go forward if there is no legal determination that a doctor sued for medical malpractice was negligent. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

State v. Stutler – whether a trial court can deny a change to the restrictions placed on a person in a mental health institution if the state didn’t present clear and convincing evidence to block the change. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

Ames v. Rootstown Twp. Bd. of Trustees – whether a court can issue one injunction to prohibit future violations and levy one civil forfeiture if a court finds that a public body committed multiple, similar violations of the Ohio Open Meetings Act. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

State v. Brown – whether immunity from civil liability for false statements made in a civil case prohibits the state from filing criminal charges based on those false statements. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

Black History Month Resource Recap

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Black History Month

All month we have been celebrating Black History Month. Below we recap the Black history resources that we have been highlighting. The 2022 theme for Black History Month is Black Health and Wellness. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, “[t]his theme acknowledges the legacy of not only Black scholars and medical practitioners in Western medicine, but also other ways of knowing throughout the African Diaspora. The 2022 theme considers activities, rituals and initiatives that Black communities have done to be well.”

Robert S. Marx Law Library Display Showcasing the Life of Judge Nathaniel Jones

Judge Jones Display

The law library is pleased to invite you to view the newest display showcasing the life of Judge Nathaniel Jones. The College of Law’s Center for Race, Gender and Social Justice is named in honor of Judge Jones and his life’s work in promoting social justice. The College of Law is privileged to host Judge Jones’s archives. Please come by the main entrance of the law library to view documents and artifacts from Judge Jones’s storied career.

Previous Marx Markings posts on Judge Jones

Selected Resources about Black History and the Legal Profession

ABA, National Town Hall Series: Black Lawyers in America

Session 1: The Foundation
Over the course of their distinguished careers, former ABA presidents Dennis Archer, Paulette Brown and Robert Grey, Jr. have advocated for the change so many now seek and have helped create a foundation of racial equity upon which the profession can now build. This discussion will identify the issues and set the table for a solution-driven dialogue.

Session 2: The Focus
As our society increasingly becomes aware of the historic inequities that continue to impact people of color generally and Black Americans in particular, the legal profession is likewise coming to terms with this reality. Black lawyers are grossly underrepresented and underappreciated in the legal profession and are still more likely to be affected by bias – both conscious and unconscious – throughout their careers. Our panel will discuss the existing strategies and approaches that firms and corporations can use to make the profession more diverse and inclusive. We will also examine and explore other solutions that have yet to be implemented broadly. Listeners will come away with guidance and action items.

Session 3: The Future
The next generation of Black legal leaders will discuss the future of the profession. What are their expectations? What do they want to contribute? How will they transform the profession? What challenges do they face and where will they seek their support? How will they harness the energy of social change movements to effectuate change in the boardrooms?

Session 4: Black Leaders in the Government – Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions
This series concludes with an open descussion with Black political leaders in local and federal government, for a firsthand account of the extraordinary responsibilities they must bear in serving their constituents while acting as voices of change in this emotionally and racially charged environment.

ABA, Celebrating Black Legal Trailblazers

This year, the ABA is celebrating Black Legal Trailblazers, from the 1800s to the present. The individuals have not only been powerful examples of leadership in the legal profession, but have brought about historic change and progress to make the legal field more inclusive today, and more representative of our population as a whole.

ABA, 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge

Entities across the ABA have come together to provide resources focused on uplifting experience of Black attorneys and communities, and combating anti-Black racism. Pledge to join the Challenge, engaging with these resources every day for 21 days. The Syllabus launches on 2/8 and goes through the end of February.

National Bar Association: We Are History video

The National Bar Association was founded in 1925 and is the nation’s oldest and largest national network of predominantly African-American attorneys and judges. Watch the video on their work, titled: We Are History.

ABA, Women Fulfilling the Dream

The ABA DC office hosted a panel for an event in honor of MLK and Black women leaders, activists, and lawyers of the past, present and future. The panel featured Paulette Brown, former ABA President, Dorcas Adekunle, Dep. Chief of Staff for Rep. Susan Wild, Charmaine Davis, VP of Marsh USA, and Riche Holmes Grant, attorney and entrepreneur, all speaking about “Women Fulfilling the Dream,” of racial justice, inclusion, and empowerment. Watch the video of the panel and hear a recitation and musical accompaniment of Maya Angelou’s and Langston Hughes’s poetry.

Selected Databases to Research Black History

HeinOnline’s Civil Rights & Social Justice

A person’s civil rights ensure protection from discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, national origin or ethnicity, religion, age, and disability. While often confused, civil liberties, on the other hand, are basic freedoms outlined in the Bill of Rights and Constitution. Examples of civil liberties include the right to free speech, to privacy, to remain silent during police interrogation, and the right to have a fair trial. The lifeblood of civil rights protection in the United States is the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (“No state shall make or enforce any law which shall … deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”). Click through the pages in this database to learn how far our nation has come in fulfilling its promise of “all men are created equal” and how much further it still can go.

HeinOnline’s Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law

This HeinOnline collection brings together a multitude of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. It includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.

Oxford African American Studies Center

A comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. Features over 7,500 articles from Oxford’s reference works, approximately 100 primary sources with specially written commentaries, over 1,000 images, over 100 maps, over 200 charts and tables¸ timelines to guide researchers through the history of African Americans and over 6¸000 biographies. The core content includes: Africana, which presents an account of the African and African American experience in five volumes; the Encyclopedia of African American history; Black women in America 2nd ed; and the African American national biography.

ProQuest’s Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of Equality

ProQuest’s Black Freedom Struggle in the United States features 2,000 expertly selected primary source documents – historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more – from pivotal eras in African American history. Documents are focused on six different phases of Black Freedom: 1. Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860) — 2. The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877) — 3. Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932) — 4. The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945) — 5. The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975) — 6. The Contemporary Era (1976-2000). The documents presented here represent a selection of primary sources available in several ProQuest databases.

Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience

The Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience is a unique database detailing the rich tapestry of the African experience throughout the Americas. Explore interdisciplinary topics through in-depth essays; read the seminal research and timelines that accompany each topic; and search for images and film clips to provide another dimension to your research.

Selected Books to Research Black History

Black and Blue: How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System (e-book)

It is not hyperbole to proclaim that a crisis of legal legitimacy exists in the relationships between African Americans and the law and legal authorities and institutions that govern them. However, this legitimacy deficit has largely (but not exclusively) been documented through anecdotal evidence and a steady drumbeat of journalistic reports, but not rigorous scientific research. Based on two nationally-representative samples, this book ties together four dominant theories of public opinion: Legitimacy Theory, Social Identity Theory, theories of adulthood political socialization and learning through experience, and information processing theories, especially the Theory of Motivated Reasoning and theories of System 1 and System 2 information processing. The findings reveal a gaping chasm in legal legitimacy between black and white Americans. More importantly, black people themselves differ in their legal legitimacy. Group identities and experiences with legal authorities play a crucial role in shaping whether and how black people extend legitimacy to the legal institutions that so much affect them.

Blind Goddess : A Reader on Race and Justice

Blind Goddess brings together the most significant writings of practitioners, professors, and advocates to make sense of what is perhaps the nation’s most astonishing and shameful achievement: the highest per-capita incarceration rate anywhere in the world compounded by the shockingly disproportionate imprisonment of poor people of color. Although there is growing awareness of the huge fiscal cost of mass incarceration, the moral, human, and social devastation of racially skewed law enforcement remains largely unrecognized.

Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (e-book)

From two of the founders of the Critical Race Theory movement, this is a primer on one of the most influential intellectual movements in American law and politics. The third edition covers a range of emerging new topics and events and also addresses the rise of a fierce wave of criticism from right-wing websites, think tanks, and foundations, some of which insist that America is now colorblind and has little use for racial analysis and study.

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (e-book)

The New Jim Crow is a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millions of African Americans locked behind bars and then relegated to a permanent second-class status—denied the very rights supposedly won in the Civil Rights Movement. Since its publication in 2010, the book has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for more than a year; been dubbed the “secular bible of a new social movement” by numerous commentators, including Cornel West; and has led to consciousness-raising efforts in universities, churches, community centers, re-entry centers, and prisons nationwide.

White Men’s Law: The Roots of Systemic Racism (e-book)

An account of the legal and extra-legal means by which systemic white racism has kept Black Americans ‘in their place’ from slavery to police and vigilante killings of Black men and women, from 1619 to the present.

Selected Web Resources for Black History

The 1619 Project: Pulitzer Center

The 1619 Project launched in August 2019 with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, including essays and creative works by journalists, historians, and artists. The project illuminates the legacy of slavery in the contemporary United States, and highlights the contributions of Black Americans to every aspect of American society. As the official education partner for The 1619 Project, the Pulitzer Center has provided free curricular materials, hosted open-access events, and engaged with educators across the country who are eager to share its perspectives with their students. These partnerships continue to expand and deepen as we support the creation and use of new materials by a growing educator community.

Library of Congress: African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition

The Paris Exposition of 1900 included a display devoted to the history and “present conditions” of African Americans. W.E.B. Du Bois and special agent Thomas J. Calloway spearheaded the planning, collection and installation of the exhibit materials, which included 500 photographs. The Library of Congress holds approximately 220 mounted photographs reportedly displayed in the exhibition (LOTs11293-11308), as well as material specially compiled by Du Bois: four photograph albums showing “Types” and “Negro Life” (LOT 11930); three albums entitled “The Black Code of Georgia, U.S.A.,” offering transcriptions of Georgia state laws relating to blacks, 1732-1899 (LOT 11932); and 72 drawings charting the condition of African Americans at the turn of the century (LOT 11931). The materials cataloged online include all of the photos in LOT 11930, and any materials in the other groups for which copy negatives have been made.

Library of Congress: The Civil Rights Era in the U.S. News & World Report Photographs Collection

The collection’s photographs by U.S. News & World Report staff photographers of activities and actions relating to African-American civil rights makes it one of the division’s richest sources of rights-free images of this movement. The coverage tends to focus on demonstrations, meetings, hearings, and the aftermath of racially motivated violence, rather than showing violent confrontations in progress, as is characteristic of civil rights photographs that have become associated with the period.

Library of Congress: The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture

The exhibit covers four areas –Colonization, Abolition, Migrations, and the WPA– of the many covered by the Mosaic. These topics were selected not only because they illustrate well the depth, breadth, and richness of the Library’s black history collections, but also because of the significant and interesting interplay among them. For example, the “back-to-Africa” movement represented by the American Colonization Society is vigorously opposed by abolitionists, and the movement of blacks to the North is documented by the writers and artists who participated in federal projects of the 1930s.

National Museum of African American History & Culture: Slavery & Freedom Exhibit 1400-1877

Explore the history of slavery in the U.S. and the stories of African Americans whose struggles for freedom shaped the nation.

Selected Resources on Ketanji Brown Jackson

If confirmed, Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the first Black woman on the United States Supreme Court!

Whitehouse.gov, Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

Lexis Litigation Analytics for the Hon. Ketanji Brown Jackson from her time on the D.C. Circuit Court

Westlaw Litigation Analytics for the Hon. Ketanji Brown Jackson from her time on the D.C. Circuit Court

Amy Howe, Profile of a Potential Nominee: Ketanji Brown Jackson, SCOTUS Blog (Feb. 1, 2022)

Empirical SCOTUS, Ketanji Brown Jackson Dataset

Library of Congress, Current Nominee: Congressional Materials

UC Law Black History Month Interviews

Black History Month at UC Law: Ashley Nkadi

Ashley Nkadi is a second-year law student at the University of Cincinnati and a Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice Fellow. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati, where she co-founded the Irate-8, a student-led digital social activist movement. She spoke with us about why celebrating Black History Month is important, especially in the context of the College of Law. Learn more about Ashley’s journey to law school in a Counselor Magazine feature from this past summer.

Black History Month at UC Law: Travis Hardee

Travis Hardee is a first-year UC Law student from South Carolina pursuing both his JD and MA in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as part of UC’s dual degree program. He spoke with us about why closing the representation gap in the legal field—one of the least diverse industries—is important to him, and how he hopes to support other Black-identifying people in their pursuit of legal education.

Black History Month at UC Law: Janelle Thompson

Janelle Thompson is a third-year law student at Cincinnati Law, a Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice Fellow, president of the Black Law Student Association (BLSA), Secretary of the Student Bar Association, and a member of the Intellectual Property Club. Janelle was an intern at KMK Law in the summer of ‘21 and plans to join the firm following graduation. You can read more about Janelle and her story on UC Law’s website.

UC Libraries

UC Libraries highlighted resources in celebration of Black History Month:

CECH Library’s Social Issues for Criminal Justice Careers, a guide of anti-racism resources for students to help equip them for law enforcement jobs in a diverse society.

Source article highlighting Lucy Oxley, MD, the first person of color ever to receive a medical degree from the College of Medicine.

History LibGuide highlighting African American collections, including The Amistad Research Center providing open access to materials on ethnic & racial history, African Diaspora & civil rights.

Theodore M. Berry Papers, an exhibit highlighting the papers of Theodore Moody Berry, Cincinnati’s first Black mayor.

The Colored Citizen, this exhibit highlights the Archives and Rare Books Library’s issue of The Colored Citizen. This paper was published in Cincinnati sporadically from the height of the Civil War in 1863 until approximately 1869 and was edited by a group of African American citizens from Midwestern cities, including Cincinnati. It was a paper with general news, but with a focus on the political, economic, and cultural affairs that had an impact on African Americans of the age.

Louise Shropshire: An Online Exhibition, an exhibit highlighting Louise Shropshire, a Cincinnati Civil Rights pioneer and composer.

Marian Spencer Papers, this exhibit examines UC alumna and civil rights activist Marian Spencer’s career and her papers, located in the Archives and Rare Books Library.

Oesper Collection Highlights: Honoring African-American Chemists (Alice Ball) this first installment in the Oesper Collection Highlights celebrates African-American History Month. African-American Chemists selected for these profiles were early pioneers in the field – some were the first to achieve PhDs in chemistry, whereas others made significant contributions to study and practice. Sometimes their stories and voices have not been heard. The Oesper Collections and Museum in the History of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati is highlighting and celebrating these accomplished African-American chemists who contributed across the spectrum of the chemistry discipline.

Poetry Month and ARB-Phillis Wheatley’s Poetry this 2014 blog post highlights the Archives and Rare Books Library’s Phillis Wheatley book.

Uncovering Black History through Arts & Education, an exhibit from 2017 with a bibliography.

UC Black History

UC Reflects on 200 Years of Enormous Contributions by Its Black Students and Alumni

This video, produced by the UC’s Alumni Association, debuted at the 2019 Onyx & Ruby Gala, hosted by the UC African American Alumni Affiliate. Looking back on its 200-year history, UC reflects on the experiences of its Black students and the enormous contributions of its Black alumni.

UC’s Black History Trail

This PocketSights tour, accessed through a digital app, shares some of the most important people, places and events in UC’s Black history including triumphs like the creation of the African American Cultural & Resource Center, as well as the early Black struggles for inclusion in residence halls and campus organizations. This trail will help educate students, faculty and neighbors on the importance of African American history around us every day and push us to work for a better racial future for our school, our city and our nation. UC’s Black History Trail was developed as a small group student project in professor Anne Delano Steinert’s African American History in Public course in the spring of 2021.

 

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This week in the Law Library we are publicizing our job posting for Instructional & Reference Services Librarian; teaching Low Cost and Free Legal Research and Advanced Legal Research; focusing on resources to help you with learning Evidence; learning more about mass incarceration; continuing our celebration of Black History Month; and beginning our celebration of Women’s History Month. We’re also previewing U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments.

The Robert S. Marx Law Library Is Hiring an Instructional & Reference Services Librarian

The Robert S. Marx Law Library at the University of Cincinnati College of Law invites applications for the position of Instructional & Reference Services Librarian. As an integral part of the College of Law, the Library helps prepare law students for legal practice and supports faculty scholarship and teaching. The Instructional & Reference Services Librarian reports to the Associate Director of the Law Library. View more information at jobs.uc.edu #80923.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, Feb. 28, 2022

Advanced Legal Research

Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian, Shannon Kemen & Electronic Resources​  & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
1:30pm – 2:55pm
Room 100A

Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2022

Advocacy, Sec. 2

Associate Director Susan Boland
Low Cost & Free Legal Resources
10:40am – 12:05pm
Room 302

Advanced Legal Research

Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian, Shannon Kemen & Electronic Resources​  & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
1:30pm – 2:55pm
Room 100A

Featured Study Aids

McCormick on Evidence (Hornbook)

Available via the West Academic Study Aid subscription, this well-known hornbook covers preparing and presenting evidence, cross-examination, and the procedure for admitting and excluding evidence. It discusses the privilege against self-incrimination, the privilege concerning improperly obtained evidence, scientific evidence, and demonstrative evidence. It reviews authentication, the hearsay rule, burdens of proof, and presumptions. The text also identifies current issues.

Evidence: Examples & Explanations

Available via the Aspen Learning Library, this study aid covers the Federal Rules of Evidence and includes the latest Supreme Court cases. It also analyzes the ebb and flow of Confrontation Clause jurisprudence. Analysis is first provided for a topic and then examples are given to help students understand the analysis. A series of problems at the end of each section or chapter assist you in testing your understanding. Answers are provided for these problems.

A Student’s Guide to Hearsay

Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library, this text focuses on the Federal Rules of Evidence, breaking down the hearsay rule into its elements and explaining them in straightforward language. It does the same for each of the 29 exceptions to the hearsay rule. The book covers the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause and includes a proposed amendment to the Rules. It also explains related subjects: what a grand jury is and how it operates; offers of proof, order of proof, burdens of proof; conditional relevancy and conditional admissibility; and privileged communications.

Featured Guide

Exam Study Guide: Evidence

This guide links to the many evidence study aids that can help you prepare for class, understand the subject, and review for exams.

Featured Treatise

Weinstein’s Federal Evidence

Available on Lexis, This well-known treatise on evidence is comprehensive and has been frequently cited by the United States Supreme Court. Chapters are organized by rule number, and the discussion in each chapter is broken down into logical descriptive topical section headings to enable users to quickly find the specific information for which they are looking. The analytical text focuses on the current state of the law and includes footnotes organized by circuits (with brief descriptions of each case), while retaining information on the historical development of the law in historical appendices to each chapter. In addition to clearly setting forth the law, Weinstein’s Federal Evidence provides expert analysis and coverage of unsettled evidence issues.

Featured Database

E-Discovery Practice Center

Available on Bloomberg Law, the E-Discovery Practice Center contains a broad range of authoritative resources and practical guidance to meet the evolving, complex legal challenges associated with electronically-stored evidence. The practice center’s home page features a curated collection of fully searchable state and federal court opinions, state-specific discovery guidance and rules, and BNA’s E-Discovery Portfolio series, which together provide an entry point to other key resources. It provides easy access to a range of related disciplines including cross-border data transfers, government and internal investigations, and data and privacy security, enabling practitioners to be well-versed in the full range of issues they will face in any litigation.

Featured Website

Evidence Prof Blog

Every weekday, law professors post on the very latest rulings regarding the admissibility of evidence in criminal cases and what sorts of lines of questioning should be permitted at criminal trials. They also note differences between the federal rules of evidence and the rules of various states. Occasionally, they will comment on whether they think courts have reached the right outcomes in these evidence cases or note fishy behavior by prosecutors.

Featured Video

Self Authenticating Electronic Evidence by the U.S. Courts

This video covers amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure on Self-Authenticating Electronic Evidence. Federal Rules of Evidence 902(13) and 902(14), which became effective on December 1, 2017, provide for the self-authentication of electronic evidence. Under these rules, electronic evidence can be authenticated by certification instead of by testimony. Rule 902(13) applies to electronic evidence such as computer files, social media posts, and smart device data. Rule 902(14) applies to electronic copies.

Week Against Mass Incarceration

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For the 2022 Week Against Mass Incarceration (Feb. 28-March 4), the National Lawyer’s Guild asks National Lawyer’s Guild Law Schools and Local Chapters to organize around the theme of “Mass Incarceration and the Housing Crisis” to explore the intersections of housing policy, evictions, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the criminalization of poverty in the perpetuation of the mass incarceration crisis.

UC College of Law Events

Monday, February 28: Week Against Mass Incarceration (WAMI) Re-Entry Simulation, 12:15 – 1:15 pm, outside Rooms 114 and 118.

Tuesday, March 1: WAMI Letter Writing to Incarcerated Survivors, 7:00 pm, via Zoom. Registration required.

Wednesday, March 2: WAMI Presentation by Robert Saleem Holbrook, Executive Director of the Abolitionist Law Center, 7:00 pm, via Zoom.

Selected Resources on Mass Incarceration and Housing

How U.S. Housing Policy Impairs Criminal Justice Reform (Law Review Article, 2021)

The Prison to Homelessness Pipeline (Law Review Article, 2018)

Policing and Gentrification (Autonomous Tenant Union Blog, 2018)

Nowhere to Go: Homelessness among Formerly Incarcerated People (Prison Policy Initiative Report, 2018)

Collateral Consequences of Mass Incarceration and Impediments to Women’s Fair Housing Rights (Law Review Article, 2012)

Rise of Criminal Background Tenant Screening as a Violation of the Fair Housing Act (Law Review Article, 2009)

Incarceration and Homelessness (Book Chapter, 2008)

Housing Resources in the South (Resource Guide, 2021)

February is Black History Month

Black History Month

This year’s theme for Black History Month is Black Health and Wellness. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, “[t]his theme acknowledges the legacy of not only Black scholars and medical practitioners in Western medicine, but also other ways of knowing throughout the African Diaspora. The 2022 theme considers activities, rituals and initiatives that Black communities have done to be well.”

UC College of Law & Campus Events Celebrating Black History Month

Robert S. Marx Law Library Display Showcasing the Life of Judge Nathaniel Jones

The law library is pleased to invite you to view the newest display showcasing the life of Judge Nathaniel Jones. The College of Law’s Center for Race, Gender and Social Justice is named in honor of Judge Jones and his life’s work in promoting social justice. The College of Law is privileged to host Judge Jones’s archives. Please come by the main entrance of the law library to view documents and artifactsfrom Judge Jones’s storied career.

Previous Marx Markings posts on Judge Jones

UC Law Black History Month Interviews

Black History Month at UC Law: Ashley Nkadi

Ashley Nkadi is a second-year law student at the University of Cincinnati and a Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice Fellow. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati, where she co-founded the Irate-8, a student-led digital social activist movement. She spoke with us about why celebrating Black History Month is important, especially in the context of the College of Law. Learn more about Ashley’s journey to law school in a Counselor Magazine feature from this past summer.

Black History Month at UC Law: Travis Hardee

Travis Hardee is a first-year UC Law student from South Carolina pursuing both his JD and MA in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as part of UC’s dual degree program. He spoke with us about why closing the representation gap in the legal field—one of the least diverse industries—is important to him, and how he hopes to support other Black-identifying people in their pursuit of legal education.

Black History Month at UC Law: Janelle Thompson

Janelle Thompson is a third-year law student at Cincinnati Law, a Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice Fellow, president of the Black Law Student Association (BLSA), Secretary of the Student Bar Association, and a member of the Intellectual Property Club. Janelle was an intern at KMK Law in the summer of ‘21 and plans to join the firm following graduation. You can read more about Janelle and her story on UC Law’s website.

UC Libraries

UC Libraries resources in celebration of Black History Month:

CECH Library’s Social Issues for Criminal Justice Careers, a guide of anti-racism resources for students to help equip them for law enforcement jobs in a diverse society.

Source article highlighting Lucy Oxley, MD, the first person of color ever to receive a medical degree from the College of Medicine.

History LibGuide highlighting African American collections, including The Amistad Research Center providing open access to materials on ethnic & racial history, African Diaspora & civil rights.

Theodore M. Berry Papers, an exhibit highlighting the papers of Theodore Moody Berry, Cincinnati’s first Black mayor.

Oesper Collection Highlights: Honoring African-American Chemists (Alice Ball)

This first installment in the Oesper Collection Highlights celebrates African-American History Month. African-American Chemists selected for these profiles were early pioneers in the field – some were the first to achieve PhDs in chemistry, whereas others made significant contributions to study and practice. Sometimes their stories and voices have not been heard. The Oesper Collections and Museum in the History of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati is highlighting and celebrating these accomplished African-American chemists who contributed across the spectrum of the chemistry discipline.

UC Reflects on 200 Years of Enormous Contributions by Its Black Students and Alumni

This video, produced by the UC’s Alumni Association, debuted at the 2019 Onyx & Ruby Gala, hosted by the UC African American Alumni Affiliate. Looking back on its 200-year history, UC reflects on the experiences of its Black students and the enormous contributions of its Black alumni.

UC’s Black History Trail

This PocketSights tour, accessed through a digital app, shares some of the most important people, places and events in UC’s Black history including triumphs like the creation of the African American Cultural & Resource Center, as well as the early Black struggles for inclusion in residence halls and campus organizations. This trail will help educate students, faculty and neighbors on the importance of African American history around us every day and push us to work for a better racial future for our school, our city and our nation. UC’s Black History Trail was developed as a small group student project in professor Anne Delano Steinert’s African American History in Public course in the spring of 2021.

UC Athletics Celebrates Black History Month

Throughout February, UC Athletics will celebrate with a month-long digital storytelling effort on GoBEARCATS.com and the Bearcats social platforms. Student-athletes from all sports will discuss the meaning and importance of this month through social posts and graphics.

 

College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) Black History Month Stories

Black History is a collection of stories, movements, and accomplishments that have contributed to our country’s progress and evolution. CECH proudly acknowledges influential African American students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community partners who made history locally or beyond as we celebrate Black History Month.

Monday, February 28, 2022

Mental Health and Its Effect on Black Women in the Workplace

12:00pm – 1:00 pm
Zoom
Join a virtual open and honest conversation with a panel of Black women across campus as they share their experiences of the current climate of work expectations and its effect on mental health. The experience of Black women in the workplace comes with a host of complexities and issues that differ from other Americans. Black women’s double minority status needs to be understood to build inclusive and equitable workplaces. RSVP.

USCA Game Night

5:00pm – 7:00 pm
AACRC, 60 W. Charlton
Celebrate the University of Cincinnati African  Student Association  week with a UC Bearcat basketball game watch party. A game night based on black history trivia is included with music videos.

Black History Month Virtual Closing Ceremony

6:00pm – 8:00 pm
Zoom
Join the AACRC as they virtually reflect on the Black History Month 2022 events. Highlights of the AACRC’s BHM programs and photos from various other campus Black history programs will be featured.

More Resources on Black History Month: Focus on  Ketanji Brown Jackson

Although we have reached the end of February and of Black History Month, it’s really a lifelong journey of learning and engagement.Our last selected resources will look at Supreme Court Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman on the United States Supreme Court.

Whitehouse.gov, Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

Lexis Litigation Analytics for the Hon. Ketanji Brown Jackson from her time on the D.C. Circuit Court

Westlaw Litigation Analytics for the Hon. Ketanji Brown Jackson from her time on the D.C. Circuit Court

Amy Howe, Profile of a Potential Nominee: Ketanji Brown Jackson, SCOTUS Blog (Feb. 1, 2022)

Empirical SCOTUS, Ketanji Brown Jackson Dataset

Library of Congress, Current Nominee: Congressional Materials

March Is Women’s History Month

Women carrying signs that say Can Until You Can't

The 2022 Women’s History theme is “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” According to the National Women’s History Alliance it “is both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and also a recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history.”

Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women’s History Month. Since 1995, Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.”

UC College of Law & Campus Events Celebrating Women’s History Month

Saturday, Mar. 5, 2022

Lindner Women in Business Empowerment Day

8:00am – 1:25pm
Carl H. Lindner Hall, 2906 Woodside Drive
The keynote speaker is Lisa Sauer, who is a retiree from P&G who spent 32 years in Finance and Product Supply as the Senior Vice President Product Supply, Global Home Care & P&G Professional. The topic for her keynote speech will be about the power of authenticity. We also have breakout speakers who will discuss the following topics as listed; Nichole Sims on Personal Branding, Melissa Newman on Mastering an Interview, and Meghan Cummings on Women’s Economic Self Sufficiency. Lastly, our sponsors are P&G, EY, Johnson Investment Council, and DHL who will talk to us about a variety of topics as well. Registration is required.

5 Resources to Learn More about Women’s History

American Women: A Guide to Women’s History Resources at the Library of Congress

This research guide gathers together and updates most of the topical and format-based sections of the online presentation of 456-page print resource guide entitled, American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women’s History and Culture in the United States, which was published in December 2001 by the Library of Congress in cooperation with the University Press of New England.

Amy J. St. Eve & Jamie B. Luguri, ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, How Unappealing: An Empirical Analysis of the Gender Gap among Appellate Attorneys (2021)

Women attorneys are underrepresented in courtrooms across the United States. Though men and women enter the legal profession in equal numbers, recent research has documented a gender gap among attorneys who appear in trial courts and at the Supreme Court. Yet relatively little work has examined whether, and to what extent, there is a gender disparity among those who argue before federal appellate courts. And even less is known about how this gender disparity has changed over time. The research reported here aims to address both of these questions.

Forster-Long, LLC & National Association of Women Judges, Gender Diversity Survey

Since 2008, Forster-Long, Inc. and the National Association of Women Judges have partnered to raise awareness of gender representation in American courts. Their annual Gender Ratio Summary, which is a yearly glance at the distribution of male and female judges throughout the United States in both federal and state judiciaries, is profiled for each of the listed years below.

David M. Gold, Natural Rights and the Admission of Women to the Ohio Bar, Ohio History Journal 165-189 (Summer-Autumn 2001)

Ohio admitted women to the practice of law before they gave them the right to vote. This article discusses why this might have happened.

Women Leading in the Law

Learn more about trailblazing women, especially those in the legal profession, in US history. View short bios and see highlights of women recently honored by the various ABA Goal III Entities, including activists, judges, and other trailblazers.

February & March Arguments at the United States Supreme Court

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From SCOTUS Blog:

Monday, February 28, 2022

West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency – whether, in 42 U.S.C. § 7411(d), an ancillary provision of the Clean Air Act, Congress constitutionally authorized the Environmental Protection Agency to issue significant rules — including those capable of reshaping the nation’s electricity grids and unilaterally decarbonizing virtually any sector of the economy — without any limits on what the agency can require so long as it considers cost, non-air impacts and energy requirements.

Ruan v. United States – whether a physician alleged to have prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice may be convicted of unlawful distribution under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) without regard to whether, in good faith, he “reasonably believed” or “subjectively intended” that his prescriptions fall within that course of professional practice.

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita Inc. – (1) whether a group health plan that provides uniform reimbursement of all dialysis treatments observe the prohibition provided by the Medicare Secondary Payer Act that group health plans may not “take into account” the fact that a plan participant with end stage renal disease is eligible for Medicare benefits; (2) whether a plan that provides the same dialysis benefits to all plan participants, and reimburses dialysis providers uniformly regardless of whether the patient has end stage renal disease, observe the prohibition under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act that a group health plan also may not “differentiate” between individuals with end stage renal disease and others “in the benefits it provides”; and (3) whether the Medicare Secondary Payer Act is a coordination-of-benefits measure designed to protect Medicare, not an anti-discrimination law designed to protect certain providers from alleged disparate impact of uniform treatment.

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Egbert v. Boule – (1) whether a cause of action exists under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics for First Amendment retaliation claims; and (2) whether a cause of action exists under Bivens for claims against federal officers engaged in immigration-related functions for allegedly violating a plaintiff’s Fourth Amendment rights.